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Cayit Barajı

Located in Bingöl Province, Turkey Coordinates: 39°01′50″ N 40°19′55″ E

Map showing the location of Cayit Barajı Cayit Barajı
Location in Turkey
Elevation
1,495 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Uzunsavat
0.7 km N
Local time
UTC+03:00
Europe/Istanbul · UTC+03:00
When to go
May–JuneSeptember–October
See the climate
Airports
BGG Bingöl Airport30 km
ERC Erzincan Airport102 km

About Cayit Barajı

Cayit Barajı is a lake. Location: Bingöl Province, Turkey. Elevation: 1,495 m. The best months to visit are May–June, September–October. The nearest airport is Bingöl Airport (30 km). Nearby sights include Büyük Çay and Ziyaret Deresi.

Climate of Cayit Barajı

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–June, September–October.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 11° · Night 2° · Rain 114 mm

Better nearby cities in November

  • Kızıltepe · 206 km south19°
  • Viranşehir · 207 km south18°
  • Cizre · 249 km southeast20°
Hottest month
August (day 32°)
Coldest month
January (night -6°)
Wettest month
April (130 mm)
Driest month
August (6 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Cayit Barajı
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°3°7°14°21°27°32°32°28°20°11°4°
Average low (°C)-6°-5°-1°5°9°13°17°17°13°7°2°-3°
Precipitation (mm)1161091111309629861371114129

Other places to visit in this season: May June September October

How to get to Cayit Barajı

The nearest airport is Bingöl Airport (BGG), 30 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bingoel, 21 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Bingöl Airport (BGG) Bingöl 30 kmsoutheast
  • Erzincan Airport (ERC) Erzincan 102 kmnorthwest
  • Elazığ Airport (EZS) Elazığ 103 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Bingoel Population: 128.9K 21 kmsoutheast
  • Elâzığ Population: 443.4K 104 kmwest
  • Erzincan Population: 150.7K 107 kmnorthwest
  • Diyarbakır Population: 1.8M 124 kmsouth
  • Erzurum Population: 767.8K 127 kmnortheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Cayit Barajı

Within 100 km: 6 historic and cultural sites, 799 natural sites, 529 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km56 places

  • Özlüce Barajı Lake 21 kmNW
  • Yayla Tepe Mountain 22 kmE
  • Sancak Tepesi Mountain 9 kmNW
  • Şakorat Dağı Mountain 11 kmSE

25–60 km219 places

  • Ziyaret Tepesi Mountain 40 kmS
  • Yeldağı Tepe Mountain 58 kmW
  • Taşkent Tepe Mountain 30 kmSW
  • Siper Tepesi Mountain 43 kmN

60–100 km1,059 places

  • Seki Gölü Lake 97 kmE
  • Keban Barajı Gölü Lake 85 kmSW
  • Dipni Barajı Lake 64 kmS
  • Silvan Barajı Lake 83 kmSE

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